Featured in this lot is this 7 7/8" Hopewell plateform pipe circa the Eastern Woodland Period. The pipe features a wonderfully and professionally crafted grey/blue steatite material that features a traditional platform pipe design with a winged platform and a hole worked into one of the sides of the platform and shows a cylindrical central bowl. The Hopewell tradition describes the common aspects of an ancient pre-Columbian Native American civilization that flourished in settlements along rivers in the northeastern and Midwestern Eastern Woodlands from 100 BCE to 500 CE, in the Middle Woodland period. The condition of this Hopewell tradition platform pipe is good with no obvious signs of damage and shows good overall condition. The measurements of this pipe is 2 3/4" x 7 7/8" x 1 1/4". Provenance: The James M. Cole Collection, Visalia, CA.